1st Class Heath Robinson went on guard duty or worked alongside his fellow soldiers in Iraq, he could see and smell the smoke rising from the base's burn pits. "It was just an open pit the Army would use to get rid of anything-trash, feces, computers, rubber tires," he said in a...
PROVIDED AHBP VA-TOX EXP SCRN VETERAN CONCERN AIRBORNE HAZARD BURN PIT VA-TOX EXP SCRN VETERAN CONCERN EDUCATION PROVIDED AO VA-TOX EXP SCRN VETERAN CONCERN AGENT ORANGE VA-TOX EXP SCRN VETERAN CONCERN NONE VA-TOX EXP SCRN VETERAN CONCERN TOXIC EXP PRESUMP COND QUESTIONS IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN [C]...
He also traveled to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and deliver remarks. The Biden administration said Thursday it is establishing a new policy for U.S. veterans who have been exposed to toxic "burn pits" during their service overseas. The goal...
That group included Biden’s son Beau, who served in Iraq with the Delaware Army National Guard and died in 2015 from a rare brain cancer. “We don’t know for sure if a burn pit was the cause of his brain cancer, or the diseases of so many of our troops,” Biden said...